Democratic House Leaders Conceal the Fact That Their Health Bill Covers Illegal Aliens

FAIR

7/20/2009

Last week, Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their health care reform legislation entitled, “America’s Affordable Health Care Act of 2009.” (Bill Text). Despite the language in section 246 of the bill that states: “nothing… shall allow Federal payments [for] individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States,” the bill actually raises more questions than it resolves with respect to whether the bill will burden American taxpayers by giving health care benefits to legal and illegal aliens.

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